Word: tennised
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Only a few years ago, the orthodox wisdom was that the U.S. would never suffer such hyperinflation, but that if it ever did, the whole economy would be shattered and the democratic political system would be endangered. Yet in 1979 the economy showed a remarkable resiliency and a resistance to...
The lounge at the Town Tennis Club on Manhattan's East Side was carefully arranged for the press conference. A long table held a portable public address system. The candidate's campaign brochures were stacked neatly. It was just one of thousands of such meetings between reporters and...
As the press conference continued, Pressler rattled on about why he should be elected. Outside the large windows of the tennis club, players looked in curiously from time to time to see what the lack of fuss was all about. Finally it was over. Larry Pressler set off to conquer...
Other oldtimers on the court hung on long after they should have retired. Justice Hugo Black, who died in 1971, tried to cover up a stroke suffered while playing tennis; his colleagues began to wonder if he was becoming senile. In one pathetic scene, Justice John Marshall Harlan, once one...
Barnaby came out of retirement this season--at the request of the Athletic department--after the sacking of last year's coach. Paul Moses. During his lengthy tenure as mentor of the men's tennis and squash teams, he compiled an unmatched record. He is a rarity: a squash legend...